The Cattle Queen Of Texas
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The Cattle Queen Of Texas |
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Martha Rabb |
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The Cattle Queen of Texas In 1875, Martha Rabb took over her late husband's ranching empire. It consisted of 10,000 head of cattle on the open-range. These were troubled times, with cross-border raids and cattle rustling common. The violence led some cattleman to sell out and move away. The widow Rabb could see the end of the open range coming. She began to buy land, and soon had 30,000 acres of pasture in Nueces County, enclosed by a fence that took a fence rider two days to ride it. [This was one of the largest ranches in Nueces County when the county was three times larger than it is today.] It was said that Martha would walk around the corral, and get up on the fence to watch the branding [and selling] of stock. She Smoked little cigars, and always carried a box of them with her. While she was the undisputed boss of the ranch, she had three sons - Dock, Frank, and Lee. Then one night Lee was shot in the back at a dance in Petronilla. The killer made his getaway on lee's horse. Not long after this, Martha Rabb married her second husband, the Rev. C. M. Rogers, a Methodist minister in Corpus Christi. She sold the Rabb ranch to D. C. Rachal and his partner. One account said that Martha and her sons became estranged after her marriage. One reason for the bitter family feelings can be easily understood. Martha, after she married the Rev. Rogers, had a portrait of her late husband John Rabb, a Confederate officer sitting on his horse, moved from the parlor and hung in an outhouse at the ranch. It was said that Frank never forgave her for that. She died in Austin, with the wealth that came from the sale of the Rabb ranch dissipated by the Rev. Rogers. Murphy Givens: KEDT Radio Scripts |
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Murphy Givens |
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KEDT Radio |
Date |
July 25, 2003 |
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Sound Recording |
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WMA; Length 2 min. 10 sec. |
Language |
English |
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